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Noun: cache  kash
  1. A hidden storage space (for money, provisions or weapons)
    "The hikers found a cache of emergency supplies in the mountain shelter"
     
  2. A secret store of valuables or money
    "The old miser kept his cache of gold coins hidden under the floorboards";
    - hoard, stash
     
  3. (computing) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics
    "The computer's memory cache helped speed up frequently accessed data";
    - memory cache
Verb: cache (cacheing, also caching)  kash
  1. Save up as for future use
    "They cached money for their children's education";
    - hoard, stash, lay away, hive up, squirrel away [informal], sock away [N. Amer, informal]
     
  2. (computer) store temporarily in memory or disk for quick re-use later
    "web pages are often cached for quick retrieval the next time they are needed"

Sounds like: cash

Derived forms: cached, cacheing, caching, caches

Type of: arsenal, buffer, buffer storage, buffer store, fund, lay aside, save, save up, stock, storage space, store

Encyclopedia: Cache, Oklahoma